38 USC 1703 - Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsecs. (span)(2) and (i)(2)(A), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Titles XVIII and XIX of the Act are classified generally to subchapters XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.) and XIX (§ 1396 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(1)(A), substituted “covered individual” for “veteran” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(1)(B), substituted “covered individual” for “veteran” and “covered individual’s” for “veteran’s”.

Subsec. (e)(2)(B). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(2), substituted “covered individual” for “veteran” in two places.

Subsec. (f)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(3)(A), substituted “covered individuals” for “veterans”.

Subsec. (f)(2)(D). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(3)(B), substituted “covered individual” for “veteran”.

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(4), substituted “to covered individuals” for “to veterans”.

Subsec. (h)(4). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 211(a)(2), struck out “, United States Code” after “of title 41”.

Subsec. (j). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(span)(5), substituted “any covered individual” for “any veteran” and substituted “to covered individuals” for “to veterans” in two places.

Subsec. (l). Puspan. L. 115–251, § 203(a), added subsec. (l).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Applicability of Directive of Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Puspan. L. 115–182, title I, § 107, June 6, 2018, 132 Stat. 1416, provided that:

“(a)In General.—Notwithstanding the treatment of certain laws under subsection (i) of section 1703A of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 102 of this title, Directive 2014–01 of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor (effective as of May 7, 2014) shall apply to any entity entering into an agreement under such section 1703A or section 1745 of such title, as amended by section 103, in the same manner as such directive applies to subcontractors under the TRICARE program for the duration of the moratorium provided under such directive.

“(span)Applicability Period.—The directive described in subsection (a), and the moratorium provided under such directive, shall not be altered or rescinded before May 7, 2019.

“(c)TRICARE Program Defined.—In this section, the term ‘TRICARE program’ has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.”